Maia
As soon as Martin spoke about me being his date Michael nearly launched at him again. Thankfully his sister saw it coming and excused themself. She practically had to drag him out.
I wasn't able to fully focus on Martin's attempt at conversation so I gave him the notes he needed and told him I'd think about being his date for the party.
Reaching Alyssa's room, I knock once and she opens the door not even a second after.
"Going somewhere?" I give her a questioning look.
"Ah, what are you doing here?" She looks at me wide eyed.
"Well we were supposed to meet in about an hour but I figured I come hang out with my bestie meanwhile." My brows furrows when I hear a bang coming from inside her room.
Alyssa swallows hard and I raise a brow in confusion.
"Are you going to invite me in or?" I cross my arms and lean again the door frame.
"Right, I would but you see I have to finish this assignment that's do in 30 minutes and um, you will distract me if I let you in." Her voice shakes and she turns to face something behind the door.
Knowing her too well I know she's hiding something and since I'm her best friend and we aren't supposed to have secret, I push open the door and walk past her.
My jaw nearly hits the floor when I see why she was so nervous. A half naked Danny is hiding right behind the door. Both hands hiding his dick.
I look between both Danny and Alyssa. Shock clearly written all over my face. I feel so awkward in this moment.
I take in my best friends appearance. She's wearing a sports bra and underwear. How I didn't put and two and two together before busting in here beyond me. I can't deny I'm too naive sometimes.
"I-I can explain." Alyssa stutters.
I shake my head, "Oh God no, there's nothing neither of you need to explain! I shouldn't have busted in here."
"No you can bust in here whenever." Both Danny and Alyssa say in union.
"I mean, she's your best friend." He explains, still looking pale.
"Maybe you should get dressed." Alyssa tells Danny. Embarrassment all over their face.
"Yes right." He sped to the corner where he has thrown his clothes.
I make sure to give him my back to give him some privacy to change. My bestie is looking at me with a concern look in her face.
"Why are you so nervous? I should be the one horrified I just busted in here and interrupted your moment." I give her a light laugh to try and lighten the mood.
"We need to talk." She whispers.
My heart skips a beat or two. I hate those words. My mind can't stop itself from going to places that scare me. But I nod in agreement.
"Of course. I'll meet you you downstairs in 30 minutes or do you need more time?"
"No, 30 minutes is fine. I'll see you soon." Alyssa chews on her nails. A nervous tick she has.
I smile at her and walk out of the room, still petrified from what I just saw. Shit, I think I need some water.
I figured it'll be dumb to go to my room and wait over there since it's only 30 minute wait, so I go sit in one of the picnic tables. I take out my phone and go through my social media. Bored when there's nothing else to do, I have the great idea to try and find Michael's social media account. Letting out a sigh when I can't find an account that belongs to him. Maybe we should try Linda's.
I found her account on Instagram rather quickly. Thankfully it isn't private. Scrolling through, everything seems normal, pictures of her and what I assuming is her cat, pictures of her with friends, selfies and mirror selfies, quotes about heart break, then I reach near the end of her picture. A picture of her, Danny, Michael and I believe Mike was his name pops up. Danny is next to Linda who's arms are wrapped around Michael's neck in a flirty way, everyone is smiling except for Michael though. He doesn't look miserable but he doesn't look happy either. Maybe he doesn't like pictures, I mean after all I don't remember him ever taking pictures of us. The only pictures I have of him are the ones I've taken without him knowing.
I read the caption that says 'Happy surrounded by friends and my amazing boyfriend. Here's to forever'. Realization dawns on me and I can feel my heart breaking for some reason. She was his girlfriend. That's the only girl he ever felt the actual wanting to have something serious with. Everyone else, including myself are just game or distractions for him.
I can feel my eyes burning. How did I end up here? When did I allowed my heart to love him? How can I make this feeling go away? I want to feel nothing but instead I'm feeling heartbreak yet again.
I take shallow deep breaths to try and calm my aching heart. I close off the app and shut my phone off. Wiping away the tears, I tell myself I need to move on. He's not worth my tears or all of the shit I've had to put up with either.
Alyssa comes and takes a sit next to me. Her face full of concern when she sees the tears in my eyes.
"What's wrong babes?" Alyssa brings me closer to her and strokes my hair.
I hug my best friend and sob into her chest. Why does it have to hurt so bad? Why do I feel like his last option? My heart physically hurts and I bring a hand to my chest.
My best friend pats my back trying to sooth me. "Shh, it's going to be okay."
My voice cracks, "no it's not. How could I have been so fucking stupid to fall in love with someone who doesn't care about me." I pull away from Alyssa and use my hands to dry off some of my tears.
I've completely forgotten that I'm surrounded by people. Thankfully everyone is minding their own business or at least pretending. I take deep breaths, fighting to stay calm.
"Oh hunny, I'm sorry you're going through this." Alyssa wipes away tears from my cheek.
"I love him.. I just want to stop feeling. I need to stop feeling." My voice crack and close my eyes to try and calm down again.
"But what happened? What did he do now?" Alyssa crosses her arms, giving me a pitiful stare.
I inhaled and exhaled a couple of times before bring myself to tell Alyssa. Just the memory of that night in the restaurant and how Linda hit me and called me all sorts of names still lingers fresh in my mind. The annoyance in Michael's face confused me. He seemed annoyed but not surprised nor concerned. But at least he stopped her from hitting me some more.
"So Michael and I went on a date the other day to this fancy restaurant," I inhaled and exhaled again. "Everything was going great until Linda showed up and slapped me twice in front of everyone." Alyssa's eyes go wide.
"What the actual fuck? Why?" She lifts a brow up.
"Because Linda is Michael's ex. I guess she still want him." I bite my lip to stop myself from crying again.
"What is she 12? Doesn't she know the definition of ex girlfriend?" She rolls her eyes and checks the time on her phone.
"I don't know but she put on a whole show in the parking lot. Michael had to grab her because she kept launching at me. She even called me fake." I stared at the sky, trying to find some peace in the blue.
Alyssa shakes her head, "wait until I see her. She done fucked up thinking she can hit my best friend and over a guy who doesn't want her." She grabs her phone again and ignores a phone call.
"You can take that you know?" I give her a fake smile.
"Oh it's just Danny. Nothing important." She faces the phone down and stares at the floor for only a second before sending me a shy smirk.
"What's on your mind? You said you wanted to talk to me about something" I ask, wanted to change the subject.
I can't help but notice how nervous she looks. Alyssa scratches the back of her head and avoids eye contact.
"You know you can tell me anything right?" I reach out for her hand and send her a more genuine smile.
"I know, I know. It's just I don't know how you're going to take it.." she takes a deep breath.
I go ahead and take a guess at what might be the reason my best friend is so uneasy. "You and Danny are hooking up, is that it? You think I mind because of the little history we have?"
"Yes and no. I mean we are hooking up but um, he asked me out.. I just feel like I'm being disloyal to you." Her face is sad and it's breaking my heart more.
I shake my head and hold on her shoulder, "I say go for it. Danny wasn't the guy I was supposed to be with.. it's always been you and him. He made a mistake and you've forgiven him, I trust you know what you're doing- just be careful okay?"
A sad smile forms on Alyssa's face and I'm confused at what else could be bothering her. I already told her I'm not bothered by it. What else could I have said?
"That's not the only thing. I-" she takes yet again another deep breath before continuing, "Danny and I have been hooking up for about two months now and I'm.. 3 days late on my period. I'm freaking out." A tear escapes her eyes and I hug her.
Oh god is my best friend going to make me an aunt?
"Have you taken a test yet?" I ask her.
"No, I'm sacred." She starts biting her nail and looking around nervously.
"I can go buy it for you and I can be there with you when you take it." I tell her.
"Sounds like a plan then." She sends me a little smile and I'm content with that.
I give my best friend a hug and make my way to the nearest convenient store. I let out a shaking breath before asking the store clerk where their pregnancy tests are. Aisle 5 had a lard selection of all sorts of pregnancy test. I look through all of them and read their labels. I grab two packs of the store brand test and pay nearly $35 for it. If pregnancy tests are this expensive imagine a whole child. I shiver at the thought of having a baby. Michael's baby would be so cute—.
"Is there something you need to tell me?" A deep voice comes from behind me and I nearly throw the bag with the pregnancy test into incoming traffic.
I turn around to face Michael. His hair a mess, a cigarette between his lips, his white tank top way to tight around his muscles, and his eyebrows raised.
I want to tell him that the tests aren't mine, that they are for my friend. But seeing him act so casual rubs me the wrong way, why is it that he never looks as hurt as me? And why is he here?
I roll my eyes and attempt to walk away but he grabs my arm firmly and turns me around, " I asked you a fucking question." He demands.
"And I'm leaving so let go of me." Glaring at him I yank my arm away.
"For fuck sakes Maia, why did you buy a pregnancy tests?" He blows out some smoke and I nearly choke on it.
Coughing, I fan away the remaining smoke with my hand. "Can you not? I'd appreciate it if I didn't have to second hand smoke, thanks."
He's face softens a little bit and my heart squeezes in my chest. God must he be so cute?
"Still didn't answer my question." He throws the cigarette on the floor and walk towards me.
My heart pounds in my chest way too fast and I want to kick myself for letting him have this effect in me.
"It's non of your business." I gulp as he pulls his face closer to me.
"Do I need to get ready to be a dad, Maia?" He smirks.
I swallow hard, "even if that's the case, I wouldn't bother telling you." My middle name is petty.
Anger.
Anger.
Anger.
His face was pure anger.
I wanted to say I was kidding but this is what he deserve.
I let out a small giggle and send him a smile before I walked away from him.
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